crimes in america. it s a great honour to be invited to the white house tonight to discuss important issues of anti asian hate crimes, asian inclusion, and diversity. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. mr biden said the weapons would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely on the battlefield. they range will be limited, to ensure they can t be fired into russia itself. meanwhile, a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. tim allman reports. thick, black smoke hangs over the city of severodonetsk. for weeks, it s been a target for the russian military. now, reports of a strike on a chemica
i m @annitabbc or you can use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. borisjohnson s standards adviser says there is a legitimate question over whether the british pm broke the ministerial code after getting fined for partygate. but his colleagues still insist he won t need to resign. these are significant issues but we have had range of accountability and transparency around it. i don t think this ends in a leadership challenge. tech firms are urged to do more to make it safer for women and girls to be online. from fine china to fish and chips we go on a whistle stop tour to see what merchandise has been created hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. within the past 2a hours, both the us and germany have announced that they re to send new weapons systems to ukraine. germany has this morning promised kyiv an air defence system the iris t system which chancellor olaf scholz says will enable ukraine to defend an entire city against russian air attac
visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning here in singapore and 2am in ukraine, where it s reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. meanwhile, ukraine keeps calling for more weapons from the west. this is the former defence minister speaking to the
D. W. This is t w news live from berlin and Tens Of Thousands of people take to the streets across europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the e. U. Recent polls show nationalist and Populist Parties are likely to make major gains in the European Parliament elections which begin this coming thursday also coming up in austria as president calls up elections after a Corruption Scandal forces the resignation of the countrys far right place chancellor. And indian voters reach the finish line polls close on the final day of
the countrys marathon a general election Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a 2nd term. Thanks for joining us Tens Of Thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections theyre protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger and you recent polls show anti e. U. Parties are likely to do well in the elections which kick off on thursday in b
To bring you to. Come. This is deja vu news live from berlin Tens Of Thousands of people take to the streets across europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the e. U. Recent polls show nationalist and Populist Parties are likely to make major gains in European Parliament elections which begin this coming thursday. Also coming up posterous president called Snap Elections after a Corruption Scandal forces the resignation of the countrys far right vice
chancellor. And the winner of this years euro vision song contest receives a warm welcome back home in the netherlands. Laurence is the 1st such friend to win the competition in nearly 5 decades. Thanks for joining us Tens Of Thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections theyre protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger if you recent polls suggest anti e. U. Parties are likely to do well in the election